Expenditure on heating in household budgets are decreasing – indicates the Polish Economic Institute (PIE). 5.1 percent in 2018 Poles could not afford enough heating of the house. This is six times lower than in 2005 – it was stated.
Among the 28 EU countries, in 19 this indicator improved compared to the previous year. “The highest scale of the problem was recorded in Bulgaria (33.7 percent) and Lithuania (27.9 percent). The least financial problems with household heating were reported by Austria (1.6 percent) and Finns (1.7 percent)” – it was written. The percentage of people declaring problems with heating costs in Poland in the years 2010-2018 fell most in the group of large families – from over 15 percent up to 1.8 percent.